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112TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION H. R. 1006

To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem

the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 10, 2011

Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr.WALSH of Illinois, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. SHULER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ROS-

LEHTINEN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. CHABOT, Mr.

POMPEO, and Mr. GRIMM) introduced the following bill; which was re-

ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate

to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and

for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3

This Act may be cited as the Jerusalem Embassy4

and Recognition Act of 2011.5

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SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF1

ISRAEL AND RELOCATION OF THE UNITED2

STATES EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM.3

(a) POLICY.It is the policy of the United States to4

recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State5

of Israel, both de jure and de facto.6

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.It is the sense of Con-7

gress that8

(1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in9

which the rights of every ethnic and religious group10

are protected as they have been by Israel since11

1967;12

(2) every citizen of Israel should have the right13

to reside anywhere in the undivided city of Jeru-14

salem;15

(3) the President and the Secretary of State16

should publicly affirm as a matter of United States17

policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided18

capital of the State of Israel;19

(4) the President should immediately implement20

the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of21

1995 (Public Law 1045) and begin the process of22

relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to23

Jerusalem; and24


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(5) United States officials should refrain from1

any actions that contradict United States law on2

this subject.3

(c) REMOVAL OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.The Jeru-4

salem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 10445) is5

amended6

(1) by striking section 7; and7

(2) by redesignating section 8 as section 7.8

(d) IDENTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM ON GOVERN-9

MENT DOCUMENTS.Notwithstanding any other provi-10

sion of law, any official document of the United States11

Government which lists countries and their capital cities12

shall identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.13

(e) TIMETABLE.14

(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.It is the policy of15

the United States that the United States Embassy16

in Israel should be established in Jerusalem as soon17

as possible, but not later than January 1, 2013.18

(2) OPENING DETERMINATION.Not more than19

50 percent of the funds appropriated to the Depart-20

ment of State for fiscal year 2013 for Acquisition21

and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad may be obli-22

gated until the Secretary of State determines and23

reports to Congress that the United States Embassy24

in Jerusalem has officially opened.25


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(f) FISCALYEARS 2012 AND 2013 FUNDING.1

(1) FISCAL YEAR 2012.Of the funds author-2

ized to be appropriated for Acquisition and Mainte-3

nance of Buildings Abroad for the Department of4

State for fiscal year 2012, such sums as may be nec-5

essary should be made available until expended only6

for construction and other costs associated with the7

establishment of the United States Embassy in8

Israel in the capital of Jerusalem.9

(2) FISCAL YEAR 2013.Of the funds author-10

ized to be appropriated for Acquisition and Mainte-11

nance of Buildings Abroad for the Department of12

State for fiscal year 2013, such sums as may be nec-13

essary should be made available until expended only14

for construction and other costs associated with the15

establishment of the United States Embassy in16

Israel in the capital of Jerusalem.17

(g) DEFINITION.In this section, the term United18

States Embassy means the offices of the United States19

diplomatic mission and the residence of the United States20

chief of mission.21


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